Released Date:
1996-04-12
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (25256 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro AmenèbarAlejandro Amenèbar (screenplay)
Alejandro Amenèbar (story)
Mateo Gil (story)
Why is death and violence so fascinating? Is it morally correct to show violence in movies? If so, is there a limit to what we should show? That's the subject of èngela's examination paper. She is a young student at a film school in Madrid. Together with the student Chema (who is totally obsessed with violent movies) they find a snuff movie in which a young girl is tortured and killed. Soon they discover that the girl was a former student at their school...
Released Date:
1997-12-19
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain, France, Italy
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (49434 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro AmenèbarA once handsome playboy, Cèsar finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to find the truth.
Released Date:
1999-11-26
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(1959 Reviews)
Director:
Mateo GilAmid the spectacular festivities of Holy Week in Seville, an aspiring novelist stuggles with his work and pays his bills by composing crossword puzzles. A cryptic recording left on his answering machine demands that he include a certain word in a future puzzle, and he becomes drawn into a spiraling tangle of mystery, danger and confusion. Soon he's forced into participating in a real-life version of a computer game on the narrow streets of Seville, the stakes being extremely high for the entire city.
Released Date:
1996-04-12
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (25335 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro AmenèbarAlejandro Amenèbar (screenplay)
Alejandro Amenèbar (story)
Mateo Gil (story)
Why is death and violence so fascinating? Is it morally correct to show violence in movies? If so, is there a limit to what we should show? That's the subject of èngela's examination paper. She is a young student at a film school in Madrid. Together with the student Chema (who is totally obsessed with violent movies) they find a snuff movie in which a young girl is tortured and killed. Soon they discover that the girl was a former student at their school...
Released Date:
2000-05-11
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (4800 Reviews)
Director:
Marcelo PièeyroMarcelo Figueras
Ricardo Piglia (novel)
Marcelo Pièeyro
Burnt Money, is set in Argentina in 1965. This true story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of Argentinian crime history. Nene, Angel and Cuervo are bank robbers who flee from Argentina across the border to Uruguay after a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody. Angel is hurt and the three must lay low until Angel recovers. Nene and Angel are known to everyone they know as "the twins" because of their resemblance, but the two are not brothers at all - they are involved in a steamy homosexual relationship. To get back to Argentina, the group must first wait for Fontana, the brains behind the robbery, to arrange for passports. Anxious from hiding, Cuervo decides to break curfew and go party. After Nene and Angel also decide to take off, Nene meets a prostitute named Giselle and Angel ends up getting in a fight. The group is forced to abandon their refuge and Angel and Nene decide to move in with Giselle. However, the sexual attraction between Nene and Angel burns too strongly and when Nene gets hostile with Giselle and kicks her out, she goes straight to the police to snitch on the group. It's not long before police are surrounding the building and the fate of Nene and Angel appears to be sealed.
Released Date:
2001-04-20
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain, Mexico, Argentina
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (43442 Reviews)
Director:
Guillermo del ToroGuillermo del Toro
Antonio Trashorras
David Muèoz
It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos, the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. Despite their concern for him, and his gradual triumph over the usual schoolhouse bully, Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment. First of all, there was that initial encounter with the orphanage's nasty caretaker, Jacinto, who reacts even more violently when anyone is caught looking around a particular storage room the one with the deep well. Second, and more inexplicable, is the presence of a ghost, one of the former occupants of the orphanage named Santi. Not long after Carlos' arrival, Santi latches onto Carlos, badgering him incessantly at night and gloomily intoning, "Many of you will die." As if that wasn't enough to keep the orphanage's occupants in an unrelenting state of terror, there's the un-exploded bomb that dominates the orphanage's courtyard, still ticking away; With the orphanage left defenseless by its isolation, and the swift progression of Franco's troops, the ghost's prediction seems depressingly accurate. Nevertheless, with every step of the plot, it becomes apparent that the ghost's predictions as to who (or what) will die, the real source of danger and even the definition of death itself may be more ambiguous than first thought.
Released Date:
2002-03-22
Languages:
Spanish, Albanian, English, French, Serbo-Croatian
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (969 Reviews)
Director:
Daniel CalparsoroDaniel Calparsoro
Juan Cavestany
The tragic story of a platoon of Spanish soldiers, in the hell of the Kosovo war in 2000
Released Date:
2004-11-05
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(2703 Reviews)
Director:
Miguel CourtoisGenres:
ThrillerBased on a true story. In the 70's, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder. The secret service see in him an ideal candidate to infiltrate the terrorist band ETA and become a mole, so they try to offer him a deal if he will do so. At first he's not too interested, but his financial problems (probably caused by the secret service itself) finally force him to take their money and accept the mission. He adopts the undercover name of "Lobo" (Wolf) and becomes an active member of the band, making all the right connections until he reaches the top and acquires the trust of its leaders. In the process, he discovers that the group has deep internal divisions between those who want to abandon the armed fight and become just a political party, and those who want to keep the terrorist activity until they can proclaim the independence of the Basque country. These divisions and power struggles are often resolved bloodily. After the band carries out their most daring and shocking crime yet, killing the prime minister Carrero Blanco, the military heads in Madrid become impatient and wish to launch an immediate attack on ETA and the basque country. Ricardo, the chief of the secret service, convinces them to wait until Lobo can complete his mission and enable them to dismantle the band. But when the Barcelona police manage to catch the leader of the band (who had been ratted out by another member who wanted his position), the generals, jealous of this success, decide they can't wait any more and that they will override the secret service and catch whatever ETA members are in Madrid at that point, dead or alive. And that includes Lobo, who is now left to his own devices to escape from both sides...
Released Date:
2004-11-05
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(2724 Reviews)
Director:
Miguel CourtoisGenres:
ThrillerBased on a true story. In the 70's, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder. The secret service see in him an ideal candidate to infiltrate the terrorist band ETA and become a mole, so they try to offer him a deal if he will do so. At first he's not too interested, but his financial problems (probably caused by the secret service itself) finally force him to take their money and accept the mission. He adopts the undercover name of "Lobo" (Wolf) and becomes an active member of the band, making all the right connections until he reaches the top and acquires the trust of its leaders. In the process, he discovers that the group has deep internal divisions between those who want to abandon the armed fight and become just a political party, and those who want to keep the terrorist activity until they can proclaim the independence of the Basque country. These divisions and power struggles are often resolved bloodily. After the band carries out their most daring and shocking crime yet, killing the prime minister Carrero Blanco, the military heads in Madrid become impatient and wish to launch an immediate attack on ETA and the basque country. Ricardo, the chief of the secret service, convinces them to wait until Lobo can complete his mission and enable them to dismantle the band. But when the Barcelona police manage to catch the leader of the band (who had been ratted out by another member who wanted his position), the generals, jealous of this success, decide they can't wait any more and that they will override the secret service and catch whatever ETA members are in Madrid at that point, dead or alive. And that includes Lobo, who is now left to his own devices to escape from both sides...
Released Date:
2005-09-23
Languages:
Spanish, English, French
Countries:
Argentina, Spain, Italy
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (7419 Reviews)
Director:
Marcelo PièeyroGenres:
DramaJordi Galceran (play)
Mateo Gil (screenplay)
Marcelo Pièeyro (screenplay)
During IMF & World Bank Summit and demonstrations which upset Madrid, like other capitals, major corporation Dekia holds interviews to recruit a top executive from seven applicants. Their doubts start when they have to sign a clause accepting the Grènholm method, which nobody ever heard of. It soon becomes clear the tests are dirty mind games, but never what is true and what the trick. They must guess who among them is the HR mole, and repeatedly eliminate one of their number from the procedure. Their priorities, ethics and loyalty are put trough stressing tests.
Released Date:
2010-03-18
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
107 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (1174 Reviews)
Director:
Oskar SantosDiego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to others' pain. He has switched off from his work, his partner and his commitment as a father. Over the course of a disturbing meeting, Diego is threatened with a gun. Hours later, he can only remember the sound of a bang and the strange feeling of having being hit with something more than a bullet. Diego has to take an irreversible decision which will affect his own life and that of his loved ones.
Released Date:
2010-11-05
Languages:
Spanish, German
Countries:
Spain
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (1104 Reviews)
Director:
Eugenio MiraAntonio Trashorras (screenplay)
Eugenio Mira (story)
Antonio Trashorras (story)
Coral Cruz (additional dialogue)
Eugenio Mira (additional dialogue)
Javier Gullèn (script editor)
Joana Prats suffers from agnosia, a strange neuropsychological illness that affects her perception. Although her eyes and ears are in perfect condition, her brain cannot interpret the stimuli she receives through them. As the only one who knows the industrial secret left behind by her father the enigmatic young girl will become the victim of a sinister plan to get the information out of her by taking advantage of her sensory confusion. As the plot unfolds, the two men closest to her will become crucial to its outcome: Charles, Joana's fiance and her father's right hand man, and Vincent, a young, impulsive servant working at the Prats' mansion.
Released Date:
2011-07-01
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
Spain, France, Bolivia, UK
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (6705 Reviews)
Director:
Mateo GilIn Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
Released Date:
2013-10-11
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
95 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (3956 Reviews)
Andrew McKenzie (story)
Logan Miller (screenplay)
Noah Miller (screenplay)
In the late 1800's, a beautiful former prostitute (January Jones: "Mad Men") is trying to build an honest life with her husband in the rugged plains of New Mexico. When she catches the eye of a sadistic and powerful religious leader (Jason Isaacs: Harry Potter series), her life is violently turned upside down. She embarks on a bloody course of vengeance with the assistance of a renegade sheriff (Ed Harris: Pollock, The Hours, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) who has pretty violent tendencies of his own.
Released Date:
2016-01-20
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France, Germany
Runtime:
112 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (8887 Reviews)
Director:
Christophe GansSandra Vo-Anh (scenario and dialogue)
Christophe Gans (scenario and dialogue)
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (book)
An unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.
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